Question

Order: Furosemide

(Lasix) 80 mg IVP now.

Furosemide is ototoxic at high doses if given faster than 4 mg/minute. How many minutes would it take to administer this dosage?

A.

80 minutes

B.

2 minutes

C.

20 minutes

D.

360 minutes

Answer 1

option c is correct

time take to administer this dosage is 20 minutes

Explanation:

given data

(Lasix) 80 mg IVP

doses = 4 mg/min

to find out

How much time take to administer this dosage

solution

we know Furosemide (Lasix) 80 mg IVP at the rate of 4 mg/min

so we can say that

time take to administer this dosage is 80 / 4 minute

= 20

so time take to administer this dosage is 20 minutes

option c is correct